From Rock Rapids to Muscatine, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are working every day to keep Iowans safe by removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal immigrants from our communities.
Most Iowans agree that these criminals should not be here. Yet Democrat gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand remains conspicuously silent on whether he supports ICE’s work in Iowa.
That silence comes as prominent Democrats across the country call for slashing ICE’s budget or abolishing the agency altogether. Iowans deserve to know where Sand stands.
According to recent polling from Cygnal:
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73% believe entering the U.S. without legal permission is breaking the law.
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61% support deporting illegal immigrants.
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58% do not support defunding ICE.
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54% support ICE enforcing our federal immigration laws.
“Rob Sand’s silence speaks volumes. When dangerous criminals are being taken off our streets, the last thing Iowans want is a governor who won’t even say whether he supports the men and women doing that work,” said Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann. “Instead of standing with law enforcement and Iowa families, Rob Sand is ducking the question to protect his radical base. Leadership means choosing public safety over politics, and Rob Sand still refuses to do it.”
While it was difficult to narrow the list, ICE has arrested numerous illegal immigrant criminals in Iowa whose records make clear why enforcement matters:
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